(Išleidimo metai: 19-Nov-2024, Hardback, Leidėjas: Grand Central Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781538773826)
Romans! Madrigals! The Dark Ages! Revolutions! Trumpets! The Oranges of The First World War! All of this (except trumpets) and more, is covered in this definitive, easy-clean history of all world history so far, written by the 21st Centurys leadi...Daugiau...
From modern to ancient and every time in between, this entertaining companion to the popular podcast brilliantly distills major moments in human history, offering readers a fun new wide-ranging tour of humanitys essentialand essentially weirdmomen...Daugiau...
This book explores how humorous depictions of the Great War helped to familiarise, domesticate and tame the conflict. In contrast to the well-known First World War literature that focuses on extraordinary emotional disruption and the extremes of war,...Daugiau...
The Battle of Hastings, where Harolds penchant for wearing on his head an upturned bucket rather than the standard issue helmet was to prove his undoing; the invention of the wheel, which occurred when a gentleman in Mesopotamia stumbled upon a...Daugiau...
Akron Beacon Journal cartoonist Web Brown was one of the best political cartoonists in America during World War II. After serving in the Spanish-American War, Brown returned to the States and began a forty-six-year career lasting from 1899 through 19...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 29-Nov-2018, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins US, ISBN-13: 9780062869081)
A revised and expanded edition of the bestselling parody that includes thirty-pages of new text, photos, and contemporary subjects—a clever and fresh historical chronicle.The Sun is now friends with Earth and 7 ot...Daugiau...
Decades ahead of the amusing but distorting buffoonery of Blackadder Goes Forth, this complete edition of the Wipers Times, the famed trench newspaper of the First World War, is an extraordinary mix of black humour, fake entertainment programmes a...Daugiau...
Presents humorous takes on history, literature, and popular culture, with commentaries on such historical figures and literary characters as Chopin and Liszt, Lois Lane, and Shelley and Byron....Daugiau...
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Great moments in history are hilariously condensed into 140-character tweets in this amusing overview of historical events75 key moments from history are picked and reported in tweetsthose 140-character maximum bite-sized chunks...Daugiau...
Arrested by authorities who suspect his elaborate landscape paintings in Heathrow Village contain coded information, a World War II artist recounts his early years as a politically connected camouflage artist in the London art scene and the Soho unde...Daugiau...
World War I introduced a new type of warfare: mechanized war on a global scale. Nathan Hale (the authors real name), whose previous graphic histories for young readers include One Dead Spy (about the American hero Nathan Hale), Big Bad Ironclad...Daugiau...
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An extraordinary mix of black humor, fake entertainment programs, and pastiche articles, the Wipers Times, the famed trench newspaper of World War One, constitutes a unique record of life on the front line. This complete facsimile ed...Daugiau...
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Helps readers discover all the foul facts about the first world war, including what the Fat King did with food scraps ad dead horses, how sniffing your own pee could save your life in a gas attack and why a pair of old socks gave away top German se...Daugiau...
Tells you what you need to know from the Big Bang to Barack Obama, taking in the Byzantines, the Black Death, Bin Laden and the fall of bankers along the way, all boiled down to bite size chunks so that you can finally piece together all the differen...Daugiau...
Laughter in the Trenches: Humour and Front Experience in German First World War Narratives explores the appearances and functions of humour and laughter in selected novels and short stories, based on autobiographical experiences, written by authors...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 01-Oct-2011, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780752459721)
Between 1939 and 1945 the world witnessed what is generally agreed to be the most horrific war in history. Millions died and millions more were physical or psychologically wounded by the conflict. Between 1939 and 1945 the world witnesse...Daugiau...
Presents humorous takes on history, literature, and popular culture, with commentaries on such historical figures as Nikola Tesla, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Napoleon. Prsents humorous takes on history, literature, and popular culture, with co...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 18-Jan-2011, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750932042)
Why do unfortunates suffer from Montezumas revenge? Just what was so Great about Peter, Catherine, Frederick and Alexander? What did Cleopatra see to admire in the fat man with a beard - Mark Anthony? Learn all this and more in Will Cuppys humorous...Daugiau...
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Addresses our history and culture at the level we most deeply desire - the trivial. Hilarous and incongrous in equal measure, this glorious gift book demonstrates how different the world looks when you remove one letter...Daugiau...
